Daily Republican., 1887-02-17

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"OAasity hesiss u homs.s sans the
old provefb, and lost % Il doea though
Ne DO yell % rsneabes with e the "a
Donitiea nos % lse Il end thers. But
whatsoever ~ do Sog Others We ere 81.
Ways willina eaoueh 70 Do good 10 our.
solves, - far ~ We zee and understand
T. In Whatever ~ TAIL 70 do this Il 10
beoause We do not 80 plainly ct the
tne that it y fos our interest. There
70 secret hops In the most resklses asd
vilful thae somshow or sometime he
will oome ont right; blind and wicked
deluslou 10 may b., but no msn ever
yet looked ruin and despair In the facs
and chose II; ne one ever desired iii fdr
himself. Tue only trouble IN trying to
led people 10 higher and better Lie 10
20 scatter this dslusiou; 10 clear Il AWAY
hks . mist before the eyes that they
may 80 clearly. The moment they do
thus - there 10 no moro Iscklsssn 90
and folly. They are ~ awake ard sas.
nest ~ tho traveller Who starts from .
sleep ON the edge Of . prscipios. All,
frienda, the reason others ere more anx-
ious % DO Good % you than you are 70
yourselves, 10 simply because they have
bean vsksa ug. asd yes hevs not. They
house while The inmates slumber on.
Tho only difaculty u 70 rouse them in
time. Once awakened the anxiety Of
those outside cAn bear Little com pArison
70 their own. No danger nov bat that
they will mako sveRy effort 70 esoApe.
Even II hand OF limb must be left
behind In the effort TO extricats them.
selves they will not hesltote 70 make
the sAert6oe. No man in his senses
ever CHOSE 70 stay In burning build.
ing and peeish with Il. No more would
you choose 10 60 on In IN just the wsy
some Of you are doing II goa ~ vhat
ws see. And seeing II We we're here n
Of human feeling NOT 70 ssy . word.
Don't you think when you consider
II that Il II littls-vary little for any Of
a. 70 dor Ought not our anxiety and
our manner 70 approach more 70 that OF
one who drAgs his neiahbor from death
and danger7 Ought We not 70 show our
eafne ,tnees thousand fold more than
We DO? Alb, am afraid We must DO
half asleep, too. or 10 certainly would
Why cannot We then all rouse up TO
getbeI? Why moi ell OF % Try to sec q
little through this thiok fog before our
eyes, and be thankful ~ those Who
have got ont 70 oleaTer light and try To
help ~? Lot Ne 60 listen 70 them.
That 10 not, much truly. II there II
soma Of 10 are wrong, surely We Won ID
not b 90 unwise - TO refuse to hear
what they have 70 soy. II any one
camo rushing down the street shooting,
"DAnser aheadl" We would be oil
aroused In . moment; We would not
turn away. II Is proved false alarm
We coald afford 70 laugh, but not Til
We were sure of IL. We would look
and listen veil, 10 would drop. ~ lone
~ neoSssafy, whatever else Ne had In
hand; We would 90 long way 70 salts.
~ ourselves fully. And who would
not Say We were wise TO do II, that VI
were people OF common sense and pru
dencs. Tue only thing We refuse Il
exercise good senGe about 10 thAt long
amending future stretching Away. per
hAps Just before Ne, betw which ant
Ne may be, bat - step, the meres
point Of time, . m0ment's space"
Two weeks ago this coming Sunday
morning there we're forty or atty people
mostly strangers 70 each other and DO
longing to different placss. who wer'
, oil before smother 6abbalh's dawn Il
, meet toRether . fearful fate; to b,
hurled together to one common ruin
crushed and buried in one undistin
guisbAble mAss, 20 thst tho charret
taken up by weeping friends and dis
tributsd ~ best they could determine
many broken portions OF Que 70 be cof
fined with those of another he hAt
} never met In life till the resurrection
morning should give each back BIZ
. own. In their different homes some o
: them wide apart, In towns and cite
and villages they opened their eyes OF
their last Sabbath. They were we'll ana
strong, how should they think II Va
their last? Some Of those who had NO
} learned the priceless privileges Of tn
: day turned over for another nap. I
was only Sunday, and Sunday mean
to them but day OF ease and home on
/ joyment. There were plenty more o
. them In the futu o, they thought, .
spend in the right way II they did no
this one. The pity ing angela who ben
, over them with love and longing Il
!. their eyes, they could not SEQ, the Wits
: per that ran from lip to lip, at Is th
last, the lastr' They could not hear
Half sleeping and half waking the.
/ lay and dream of the coming week, tn
coming month, Of all the pleasant life
time that seemed to lie before them.
They lounged down 70 . late break
b fast; they read she papers; read Of rail
3, road accidents, sudden deaths In eveF,
direction-warnings,w warnings on ever
page; all the crtspy, echoing wintry ai
! was full Of them, but they needed then
no more than one heeds ~ alarm clocl
, he has learned to disreesrd. How i'm
!. probable that any OF these things woul,
ever come TO theml
. Then the Sabbath bell broke on tn
: stiffness of the sacred morn. Oh,
they could have knowni One NOR
Sabbath TO spend In the house Of God
Only once more to listen to solemn
prayer and holy hymn. Only ono
more to hear the loving appeal. the ten
der exhortAtion, the moving entresty.
| Bot they did not 20. They would, n
! doubt, enjoy II well enough, they said
II once there, but It was too much trou
Bile to get ready, besides there WI
, something they wanted to do or read .
home, and by looking hard to Sec the!
discovered that convenient tribe Of |
| headache that no one thinks Of noticinl
any other day. And perhaps some o
{ them said the services were Of no use
I all nonsense and fAnaticism; on know
all the things 90 many say on Sunda!
morning when conscience snd tn
church bells disturb them little.
Tho hall. ranu m and nm an thOu ii